Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

40 pending office actions • 24 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

28
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (28)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
38
Medium (95%)
1
Easy (2%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only35 (88%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only1 (2%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

39
Life Sciences
98% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 3 40.3% +35.9%
DICUS, TAMRA 3 29.6% +21.4%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 2 49.6% +54.7%
TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1 74.1% +2.4%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 52.8% +26.4%
DINH, BACH T 1 55.2% +32.1%
HASKE, WOJCIECH 1 72.8% +17.9%
BLADES, JOHN A 1 50.7% +40.0%
HORGER, KIM S. 1 70.4% +19.7%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 1 14.5% +22.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18280326 ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE DICUS, TAMRA 53d overdue
18032894 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION DICUS, TAMRA 46d overdue
18729061 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 44d overdue
18565267 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN DICUS, TAMRA 26d overdue

Interview Candidates (14)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18729314 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS HORGER, KIM S. 98d overdue
17279321 POLYOLEFIN RESIN FOAM SHEET RIOJA, MELISSA A 91d overdue
18568508 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 78d overdue
18565266 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS, AND SCREEN GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 78d overdue
18033499 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 67d overdue
18280326 ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE DICUS, TAMRA 53d overdue
18032894 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION DICUS, TAMRA 46d overdue
18729061 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 44d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 5
1781 5
1767 3
1764 3
1746 2
1784 2
1783 2
1788 2
1771 1
1722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19028770 ETHANOL TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18849177 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SHEET TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18848263 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SHEET DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 18, 2024
18887221 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONYL COMPOUND, AND SYNTHESIS SYSTEM HASKE, WOJCIECH 1794 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18802068 ELECTROFUSION JOINT AND FUSION METHOD BLADES, JOHN A 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 13, 2024
18729314 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18729061 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18700892 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E 1787 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18688903 LAMINATE FLORES JR, DONALD M 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18685714 LAMINATED STRUCTURE DILLON, DANIEL P 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18294269 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE, IRRADIATION INSTRUMENT, AND IRRADIATION NOZZLE PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18578113 INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS SAMPLE, DAVID R 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18570824 ADHESIVE FILM, LAMINATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND LAMINATED GLASS KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18568508 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18567847 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS, AND SCREEN KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18565754 UV-CURABLE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565267 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18565266 RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS, AND SCREEN GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18289860 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1745 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18280326 ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18019560 GAS PRODUCTION DEVICE, GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND GAS PRODUCTION METHOD HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1736 Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18269052 ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY LEE, DANIEL H. 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18268476 MICROCARRIER FOR CELL CULTURE AND CELL CULTURE METHOD HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18268484 CELL CULTURE MICROCARRIER AND CELL CULTURING METHOD HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18033499 INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18032894 ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18029248 FOAM SHEET RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18110973 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE MARTIN, RACHEL E 1657 §112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18021615 COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE TAPE FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18021451 NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT TRANSMITTING BLACK MATERIAL KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
18010284 LAMINATED BODY AND SECONDARY FORMED PRODUCT FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17920155 THERMALLY EXPANDABLE MICROCAPSULES RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17913238 PYROLYSIS GAS PURIFICATION/COOLING DEVICE, PYROLYSIS GAS PURIFICATION/COOLING METHOD, ORGANIC SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17912920 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC SUBSTANCE AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION DEVICE AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17796480 RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED ARTICLES AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN 1762 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 29, 2022
17790878 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES 1723 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2022
17785178 ADHESIVE AGENT, ADHESIVE TAPE, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, ONBOARD MEMBER, AND SECURING METHOD DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2022
17784217 RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SINTERING, INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSED SLURRY COMPOSITION, AND INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSED SHEET REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Jun 10, 2022
17040448 DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE, AND GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 19, 2021
17279321 POLYOLEFIN RESIN FOAM SHEET RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021

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